Saint John Devouring the Book

probably c. 1496/1498

Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip Hofer

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 40 × 28.6 cm (15 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.3.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 172

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • The Apocalypse, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 1973, no. 15 (catalogue erroneously lists an impression from the Rosenwald Collection).

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 120.

Wikidata ID

Q18338542

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